Miss Banks had this to say about the recent controversial D&G runway show:
Definitely boycotting Dolce & Gabanna.—
AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) October 21, 2012
Whoever designed that racist ass Dolce and Gabanna collection needs a swift kick in the mouth and a big dick up the ass.—
AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) October 21, 2012
I really hate when people do corny, racist things then try to justify it as "art."—
AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) October 21, 2012
It's all just really unnecessary. the clothes in the collection were fine without all the "black mammie" imagery.—
AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) October 21, 2012
From Wikipedia:
The mammy archetype is a reference to African American women in a time where Africans worked as domestic servants/slaves. She is often portrayed within a narrative framework or other imagery as a domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, very dark skinned, middle aged, and loud. The mammy was usually depicted in a negative manner and portrayed as lacking all of the sensual and sexual qualities that an attractive woman would have. This de-eroticism of the mammy would in turn imply that the white wife, and by extension the white family, was safe
